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Bahrain Crown Prince Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa delivers the keynote address at the opening of the three day IISS Manama Dialogue security conference, in Manama on November 17, 2023. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)
November 22, 2023, 9:39 am
Bahrain government websites briefly inaccessible in cyberattack over Israel-Hamas war
Group calling itself ‘The Flood’ claims hacking of official sites; Manama confirms ‘malicious’ attack, says it didn’t affect gov’t operations; Bahrain has condemned Hamas massacres
By Agencies
Illustrative: A hacker in action. (BeeBright; iStock by Getty Images)
July 6, 2018, 11:45 am
Lebanon said hit by largest hack in its history
Lebanese hackers reportedly steal vast amount of data from government, corporations, and even security forces, then sell it to unknown parties
By ToI Staff
System control center operator Jack Martin works at an AEP Transmission Operations Center in New Albany, Ohio on May 20, 2015. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
December 22, 2015, 3:52 am
Iranian hackers breached US power grid to engineer blackouts
Investigation finds outdated cyberdefense for America’s key infrastructure, with attackers lurking, waiting to strike
By GARANCE BURKE and Jonathan Fahey
An IDF C4I Corps soldier monitors for hacker activity (Photo credit: Courtesy)
April 18, 2015, 1:28 am
IDF network reportedly infiltrated by hackers
Unclear if cyberattack purportedly carried out by Arabic speakers compromised sensitive data; military official denies report
By ToI Staff
France's TV5Monde, illustrative photo (Photo credit: YouTube screen capture)
April 9, 2015, 3:49 am
French TV hacked by Islamic State supporters
International broadcaster TV5Monde says it lost control of television channels, website and social media accounts
By AFP
Some of the spear-phishing messages used by the Desert Falcon hackers to conduct their cyberattacks (Photo credit: Courtesy)
February 18, 2015, 5:09 pm
High tech Arab hacker team hits top Israeli websites
Kaspersky Lab says ‘Desert Falcons,’ utilizing right-to-left structure of Arabic and Hebrew to evade anti-virus programs, have stolen over 1 million files in 50 countries; may be government-backed
By David Shamah
Interfce of one of the SEA's malware tools (Photo credit: Courtesy)
August 20, 2014, 1:35 pm
Crooks turn war-torn Syria into cyber-battlefield
Scared Syrians click on hacker links that falsely promise information about civil strife raging around them
By David Shamah
An Iron Dome missile defense battery set up near the southern Israeli town of Ashdod fires an intercepting missile on July 16, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 29, 2014, 2:42 pm
Report: Hackers ‘phish’ Iron Dome plans from defense firms
Chinese hackers hit top Israeli security companies using a tried and true tactic, a US company claims
By David Shamah
Anonymous emblem (Wikimedia Commons)
July 20, 2014, 4:50 pm
Anti-Israel hackers seeking social status, jobs
It’s ‘script kiddies,’ not Anonymous, that’s attacking Israeli websites over the past few weeks, say 2 experts
By David Shamah
Screeenshot of a hacked Israeli site (Photo source: Screenshot)
July 9, 2014, 5:04 pm
Hackers threaten ‘Israhell’ cyber-attack over Gaza
Israel already faces a million cyber-attacks a day; things might get worse before they get better, say experts
By David Shamah
Screenshot of a forged Microsoft security certificate that victims of the Molerats attack clicked on (Photo credit: Courtesy)
June 8, 2014, 6:59 pm
Gaza hackers boost reach, spread malware in EU, US
‘Molerats’ use simple tools to wreak havoc on severs worldwide. The solution, say experts, is also simple
By David Shamah
Screenshot of an online sales site where hackers can buy Xtreme RAT (Photo credit: Courtesy Seculert)
February 12, 2014, 7:27 pm
Xtreme RAT bites Israeli government sites, yet again
Palestinian hacktivists strike Israel once more with a particular brand of malware that has a worrisome knack for success
By David Shamah
The Syrian Electronic Army (photo credit: screenshot/File)
January 24, 2014, 6:32 am
Syrian Electronic Army of hackers targets CNN
Pro-Assad group briefly infiltrates news network’s social media accounts, tweeting ‘Stop lying… All your reports are fake’
By AFP
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile showing the post by Palestinian 'white hat' hacker Khalil Shreateh (photo credit: screen capture)
August 19, 2013, 2:43 pm
Hebron man hacks Facebook chief
Palestinian ‘white hat’ hacker tries to report bug, is rebuffed, so exploits it to post on Mark Zuckerberg’s wall
By Gavriel Fiske
'Anonymous,' Israel-style, courtesy of the Israel Elite Force -- IEF (photo credit: Screenshot)
May 24, 2013, 5:40 am
‘Anonymous’ a little less so, thanks to Israeli hackers
Worldwide hacker group again targets Israel, but an Israeli ‘task force’ has come up with a new tactic to fight back
By David Shamah
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